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The galaxy has seen great empires rise and fall. Planets have shattered and been remade. Amongst the ruins of alien civilisations, building our own from the rubble, humanity still thrives. And there are vast fortunes to be made, if you know where to find them....

Captain Rackamore and his crew do. It's their business to find the tiny, enigmatic worlds which have been hidden away, booby-trapped, surrounded with layers of protection - and to crack them open for the ancient relics and barely remembered technologies inside. But while they ply their risky trade with integrity, not everyone is so scrupulous.

Adrana and Fura Ness are the newest members of Rackamore's crew, signed on to save their family from bankruptcy. Only Rackamore has enemies, and there might be more waiting for them in space than adventure and fortune - the fabled and feared Bosa Sennen in particular.

Revenger is a science fiction adventure story set in the rubble of our solar system in the dark, distant future - a tale of space pirates, buried treasure and phantom weapons, of unspeakable hazards and single-minded heroism...and of vengeance....

Read by Clare Corbett.

©2016 Alastair Reynolds (P)2016 Orion Publishing Group Adventure Fiction Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Space Opera Fantasy Solar System
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Shame really, I love Alastair Reynolds and this is good if you're a teenage girl (preferably), I'm an old bloke and it just misfires, I'm not the target audience; it would have been good to be warned.
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YA? You'll like this

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A wide grindhouse of Kidnapped!, Treasure Island and Pirates of the Caribbean all through the lens of old school planetary space opera set in the extreme future with a wild idea and memorable character on every page. It brilliantly strays the line between YA and Hard Science with a wonderful rich world centric language and deep history.
Love it.
It's only drawback is that it reads like the first third of a larger novel that got separated for spaces sake. Nonetheless a brilliant read. Highly recommended.
Don't sleep on this.

Wild, imaginative and brilliantly told.

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Having listened to a number of Alastair Reynolds books, this has the bones of an interesting new series with pirates, treasure and what is 1800 England but in space, truly escapism. Hope to see this blossom in to a excellent new series of books.

Good beginning

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This is a super fun story with the trappings of a classic old-school adventure story, ship crews sailing in search of ancient treasure and a hint of dickensian family melodrama all set in the furthest future.

The story is good and the reader is excellent but the recording quality doesn't do them justice. It is listenable but there is a little bit of gated noise in places and the sound is a little muddy. It doesn't get in the way but it is noticeable.

Victorian space adventures in the far future

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liked this, some of the plot a little predictable but liked the universe build and the characters and found myself listening at extra times so got me hooked.
the narator is good in the main but frustratingly quiet at points, if the book says someone whispered you don't need to actually whisper! was fine at home, but in the car I couldn't actually hear some bits clearly at full volume! hence the three stars, performance is great other than that.

engaging and interesting

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